My ride today consisted of a short ride on the single track from Jacques Lane Parking Lot to the Canal Road parking lot.

Abandoned car on the red trail

The single track at six mile is excellent. Tight and twisty with some off camber sections.There are plenty of roots and some rock, logs, v-ditches, and man-made features make for a challenging and exhilarating ride.

I then rode a short way south on Canal Road to Blackwellsmill Road and made a left to go over a wooden bridge and start on the canal path at mile marker-21.
The Canal path is almost completely flat with only a few short rises. It crosses over a few spillways which are reminiscent of the Pave in France.

Although the trail is not too interesting from a strictly riding point of view (straight and flat), the scenery along the trail more than make the D&R Canal Path a worthwhile ride.

At 34.3 miles long, the D&R Canal Towpath is the longest completed trail segment of the East Coast Greenway (ECG).
The ECG is an ambitious effort to create a trail system, spanning nearly 3,000 miles. Starting in Maine and ending in Key West Florida, the ECG links all the major cities of the eastern seaboard.
Over 25 percent of the route is already on safe, traffic-free paths.New Jersey East Coast Greenway Map

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